MAYBE we are looking at all this the wrong way round- Lets say he needs to "sell" Gasfields to bigger companies but has nothing really to offer. (fact)
Wouldnt being a clever "snake oil" salesman actually be an advantage? We are all assuming he is ripping SH's off BUT those very talents may be needed to help Gasfields secure what it needs to get moving. Is all this time he has been sweet talking people up? possible?
So we ACTUALLY should be encouraging this behaviour OR we will lose our dough. Of course we could have bee right all along and its just another gravy train for others and we are gullible suckers...
Once again, in the next oh 5 years or 5 days, we may have our answer....